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 Great! August 17, 2008
My husband and I really enjoy this game because it is fun and two can play. We can also have friends over and have the same amount of fun. Great game!
Great expansion - *almost* a must-have, adds more backstabbing to the game June 30, 2008
This is a good expansion for Carcassonne (you *cannot* play this as a stand-alone game, you *must* have Carcassonne already!)
Each color (including gray) gets two new meeples, a "pig" and a "builder". The pig is added to a farm for +1 point for every city (regardless of whether you're playing with the new rules or the old ones). The builder is added to a city or road that you already possess, and allows you to take an extra turn (no more than one extra turn-per-turn) every time you add a tile to said city or road. (Oh, it's great fun to close somebody's city for them right after they added their builder, thus robbing them of their chance to get their extra turn!)
There also are many cities with 'trade goods' in them - cloth, wine, or grain. The person who completes a city with trade goods in them - not necessarily the person who owns that city - gets the goods. At the end of the game, the person with the most in each good gets extra points. Oh, is it ever fun to close somebody's city and get a sweet, sweet reward!
Great fun addition to the standard game May 2, 2008
This addition to the standard Carcassone game is my favourite of the ones I have tried so far. The trading pieces make it worth while to finish other peoples towns or try to gazzump them for the extra points. Good fun.
Great expansion! January 3, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've only used the Traders & Builders and Inns & Cathedrals expansions, but I've also Carcassone the City and Carcassone without expansions. OF the four variations I've played, Carcassone with Traders and Builders was definitely the most interesting.
The variations on the game have already been described well by other reviewers, so I'll limit my comments to what makes the expansion so interesting:
-the trade goods give players an incentive to complete other players' cities; in other versions of the game, players often avoid other players's cities because they don't want to expand the city (adding to the city's value) of close the city (causing the city to be scored).
-in addition ot being a fun twist, the builder is also a great way of speading up the game. I think it actually took us less time to play with this expansion despite learning new rules and adding tiles.
If you own Carcassone, you should own this expansion.
Great Service! November 10, 2006
3 out of 13 found this review helpful
My neice really wanted this game for her birthday, and the purchase/delivery went without a hitch! This is all she wants to play whenever people come to visit. Thanks!
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